Twelve persons including a doctor tested positive for novel coronavirus in different upazilas of Cumilla district yesterday.

Among them, three including the 28-year-old doctor were detected from samples collected from Chandina upazila, three from Daukdandi upazila, two from Titash upazila, and one each from Barura, Burichang, Chauddagram and Homna upazilas, said Dr Md Neyamatuzzaman, civil surgeon of Cumilla district.

Among them, reports of ten persons were received yesterday evening while the other two were received earlier in the day, he said.

A returnee from Saudi Arabia, five women and a two-year-old are among those who tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday, the civil surgeon added.